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Bittersweet orange blossom, blackcurrant, labdanum, and winter roses splashed with tears.

Sweet grasses turn into a grassy sandalwood, balsam and a whiff of musky pine. Good throw and wear length.

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Osthmanthus smells like a white-ish floral to me. The mandarin provides a citrus overlay, so it ends up like a soft, white floral with citrus overtones. Medium throw and wear length.

Chewy caramel and ground coffee. The coffee is slightly perfumey, so I think the Turkish coffee description is also accurate. Medium throw and wear length.

Strawberry candy, and a whiff of honey. This is a bright, sugary strawberry. Very straight forward. Very tasty. Good throw and wear length.

Sweet roses, hint of spicy pink pepper. Soft, pink roses. Good throw and wear length.

Woody, gritty vetiver with a bit black currant. It's dark, woody, and gritty. Good throw and wear length.

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Spicy cologney tobacco and pine resin. This codes as very masculine to me. Good throw and wear length.

Honeyed jasmine and red musk. Hints of hay and red sandalwood. Heady, sexy. Great throw and wear length.

Salty aquatic cologne. I feel like Irish Spring went to sea, and decided to become a pirate. Great throw and wear length.

Hell's bells. This smells exactly like crisp, wet, juicy iceberg lettuce leaves. It's cool, green, and lettuce. The throw is terrible. The wear length is worse. I am not surprised given how OLD this sucker is, but when you first apply it, you get this bloom of cool green lettuce on your skin. The small drydown almost tinges it toward green apple skins. It just smells fresh.

This is cocoa beans rolling around the dirty rooty earth. It's basically a very earth cocoa blend on me. Imagine if you'd been digging in the cool earth, but instead of dirt its ground cocoa. Yup, you got it. Medium throw and wear length.

Red sandalwood and a whiff of hemp. Basically, I'm getting a ton of red sandalwood. It's sort of delicate. Very lovely.

Herby woody iron, with a whiff of booze. It's definitely metallic on the drydown. I feel like I am smelling something like fennel and coriander in it. Again, veering into masculine territory on me. Good throw and wear length.

Spiced rum, figgy coconut, and a whiff of woody patchouli. This one smells like each of its elements, its vaguely tropical, vaguely woody, and rummy. On me, this sort of meanders into slightly masculine territory. Great throw and wear length.

Brown sugar cookies? That's what I'm getting. Brown sugar cookies. Low to medium throw, average wear length.

Sweet rum with a dah of almond and honey. This is sweeter than I expected. Medium throw and wear length.

An absurdly happy scent

White jasmine, honey cream, sandalwood, vanilla, and cognac.

Juicy red mandarins and a whiff of slushy snow. Huh, this may be the surprise sleeper hit of Yule 2020. This smells citrusy, fresh, and happy. LOVE IT.

Walnuts, brown sugar, and baked cookie crust. Good throw and wear length.

Purple pom whiffs around cassia, powdery myrrh and smoke. This makes me think of pomegranate incense. Medium throw and wear length.

Cherry, roses, and a whiff of resinous amber. This one smells very strongly of cherries on wet, and then as it dries, the roses peak out more. Good throw and wear length.